Causes of Ocean Acidification
Human Activities Causing Ocean Acidification
What is burning of fossil fuels / use of land change?
The percentage increase of ocean acidity since the start of the industrial revolution
What is 25%?
Natural process helping counteract increases in ocean acidification
What is rock weathering?
Carbon dioxide is the most abundant _____ ___ in our atmosphere
What is greenhouse gas?
The amount of metric tons emitted by human activities
What is 150 billion?
Carbon dioxide is a very _____ gas
What is soluble?
The pH of the ocean has fallen from ___to___
What is 8.2 to 8.1?
Process that reduces the number of carbonate and hydrogen ions in the ocean
What is buffering?
Ocean acidification is called
What is "climate changes evil twin"?
What is 15 pounds per week?
The molecule that causes the increase in ocean acidification
What is hydrogen ions?
The concentration of what is balanced in an equilibrium in the ocean?
Ions
CDR Stands for
What is Carbon Dioxide Removal?
The main concern that acidification causes for humans
What is the safety of seafood consumption?
The molecule created when carbon dioxide reacts with water
Ocean acidification reduces these ions in the ocean
What is carbonate ions?
Started CDR
What is NOAA?
The ocean is referred to as
A carbon sink
The percentage increase of ocean acidity by the end of the century
What is 150%?
The molecule created when carbon dioxide dissolves into the ocean (Double points if you name the molecular formula)
What is aqueous carbon dioxide/ (CO2(AQ))?
Carbonate ions help organism such as corals and molluscs build
What is shells/skeletons?
One of the CDR processes developed against acidification
What is Direct air capture/Artificial upwelling and downwelling/Coastal blue carbon/Ocean fertilization/Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement?
"Harmful algal species were observed to produce more ___ and ___ far faster in acidified waters."
Toxins/Bloom